Calculating Deer Weight
09-29-2007, 08:14 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Calculating Deer Weight
Thanks to "Tracer" on CrossbowHunting for this:
Chart for Calculating Deer Weight in the Field
Measure all the way around the deers chest/belly/back just behind its front legs to get the girth. Print out the chart, use a soft tape, put them in a baggie to carry with you .
Chest/Girth (in.) Live Wt. Field-Dressed Lbs. Edible Meat
32 102 80 45
33 110 87 50
34 118 91 54
35 126 99 57
36 135 104 61
37 146 115 66
38 157 126 71
39 169 135 74
40 182 144 80
41 195 156 88
42 210 170 94
43 228 182 103
44 244 198 110
45 267 214 120
46 290 233 130
47 310 251 139
48 340 272 153
Source: Penn State Dept. of Animal Science and PA Game Commission
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Chart for Calculating Deer Weight in the Field
Measure all the way around the deers chest/belly/back just behind its front legs to get the girth. Print out the chart, use a soft tape, put them in a baggie to carry with you .
Chest/Girth (in.) Live Wt. Field-Dressed Lbs. Edible Meat
32 102 80 45
33 110 87 50
34 118 91 54
35 126 99 57
36 135 104 61
37 146 115 66
38 157 126 71
39 169 135 74
40 182 144 80
41 195 156 88
42 210 170 94
43 228 182 103
44 244 198 110
45 267 214 120
46 290 233 130
47 310 251 139
48 340 272 153
Source: Penn State Dept. of Animal Science and PA Game Commission
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09-29-2007, 10:49 AM
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RE: Calculating Deer Weight
awshucks,
Your deer weight calculating chart is probably accurate at least until it comes to the "edible meat" numbers.
I was a deer processor for years and my brother and nephew still do it. We saw these charts before and done some tests of our own.
We would take a head shot deer, for optimum ediblemeat,
weight it field dressed then work it up. We do notuse a saw, only knives, and weremove all bones, fat andsinew. Even with head shot deer the best we could come up with was between 25-28 percent edible meat. Then if one or both front shoulders were bloodied from the shot,edible meatdropped to 20% or below. We did this test on small and large deer and the numbers were consistent.
xbowbarry
Your deer weight calculating chart is probably accurate at least until it comes to the "edible meat" numbers.
I was a deer processor for years and my brother and nephew still do it. We saw these charts before and done some tests of our own.
We would take a head shot deer, for optimum ediblemeat,
weight it field dressed then work it up. We do notuse a saw, only knives, and weremove all bones, fat andsinew. Even with head shot deer the best we could come up with was between 25-28 percent edible meat. Then if one or both front shoulders were bloodied from the shot,edible meatdropped to 20% or below. We did this test on small and large deer and the numbers were consistent.
xbowbarry
09-29-2007, 02:16 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 1,653
RE: Calculating Deer Weight
Dan don't you have to add 20 pounds to those weights to account for the human aspect. Everyone of them weighs more in the telling of the story. LOL. It's like fish.
But seriously I find the easiest way for me to do it is I just heft them onto my shoulder and stand on the scale. A little simple math and I have a very accurate weight. They generally fall into the 200 to 300pound zone. Well before the math anyway...
But seriously I find the easiest way for me to do it is I just heft them onto my shoulder and stand on the scale. A little simple math and I have a very accurate weight. They generally fall into the 200 to 300pound zone. Well before the math anyway...
09-30-2007, 03:21 PM
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Typical Buck
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Location: mt. airy nc USA
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RE: Calculating Deer Weight
Been hunting one of these for years and found it on ebay, I bought one and thought maybe one of yawl might want one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/WHITETAIL-DEER-WEIGHT-TAPE-BUCK-SIZE-ESTIMATION-ANTLER_W0QQitemZ280104782536QQihZ018QQcategoryZ383 QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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http://cgi.ebay.com/WHITETAIL-DEER-WEIGHT-TAPE-BUCK-SIZE-ESTIMATION-ANTLER_W0QQitemZ280104782536QQihZ018QQcategoryZ383 QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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